I will take this with a grain of salt, also should be FDA Approved guidelines.
Could be true. First, it's North Carolina. Second, the commercial food lobby is pretty powerful and if they want to sell more chicken nuggets and call catsup a vegetable, then that's what will most likely happen.

Seriously...we have to effing do something about the gawdam lobbyist infestation. Class action lawsuits, maybe...? ::: stumped :::
 

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